Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

In Iran, report of secret burials brings call for inquiry

Los Angeles Times: An Iranian lawmaker vowed Saturday to examine allegations that dozens of unidentified people killed in the recent post-election unrest were secretly buried...
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Iranian authorities are accused of secret burials

New York Times: As Iranians celebrated the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, they were confronted Saturday with new charges of reform movement...
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Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal

The Times: The 15-year-old boy sits weeping in a safehouse in central Iran, broken in body and spirit. Reza will not go outside —...
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Iran’s Mousavi says government agents raped detainees

Reuters: Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi accused "establishment agents" of raping and abusing detainees imprisoned after Iran's June presidential vote and urged the powerful clerics...
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Iran detainees tortured, beaten to death: Karroubi

AFP: Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has charged that several protesters detained in the June election unrest died in prisons after being "beaten and...
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Iranian regime accused of torturing political detainees

The Times: Opposition leaders accuse the Iranian regime of Abu Ghraib-style torture of political detainees. Times OnlineMartin Fletcher  Opposition leaders accuse the Iranian regime...
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UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in Iran

AP: A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused...
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Amnesty says large spike in executions in Iran

AFP: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday it had recorded an "alarming spike" in the number of executions in Iran since the...
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Political Prisoner Bijan Kazemi Sentenced to 37 Years and Six Months in Prison

Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, was sentenced by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court...
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Iranian Regime Judiciary Announces ‘Harshest Punishment’ for Defendants in Ekbatan Case

The Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of Iran's regime, reported that Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced a number...
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Power Struggle, An Endless Crisis at the Top of Iran’s Regime

As Iran’s economic crisis deepens and social discontent increases, new signs have emerged of an intensifying power struggle within...

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